Combined curtain shade and pole hanger.



No. 733,272. PA'I'BNTBD JULY 7,1903,

POWERS. COMBINED GURT SHADE AND POLE HANGER. AP IIIIIIIIIIIIII MA YYYYYYs.

N O M 0 D E L.

UNITED STATES Patented July '7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE DONALD PO\VERS, OF NVATERTOVJN, NEW YORK.

SPEGIFJIGATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 733,272, dated July 7,1903.

Application filed May 4,1903. Serial No. 155,694. (No model) To a, whomit may concern:

Be it known that LMAURICE DoNALDPoW- ERS, acitizen of the United States,residing at WVatertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedOurtain Shade and Pole Hanger; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combinedcurtain shade and pole hangers; and the object of the invention is toproduce an apparatus which may be permanently held to the casing of awindow and made adjustable, whereby the device may be adapted to holdshades and curtain-poles of different lengths without necessitating thechanging of the bracket-supports, which has a tendency to mar thecasing.

More specifically, the invention consists in the provision of an adjustable, bracket-arm mounted upon a plate adapted to be secured to thecasing of a window and in the provision of a flexible pole-supportingarm held to said plate and adapted to clamp and hold poles of differentdiameters and dispensing with screws for holding the pole to thebracket-arm.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective View of my device shown as applied to thecasing of a window, a portion of a shade and one end of a curtainpolebeing illustrated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an end View of the device,and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the pole-supporting member.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a plate, which may be made of any shape, but in the drawingsit is shown as made on the arc of a cylinder and has lugs A projectingfrom the "opposite longitudinal edges thereof, which lugs are aperturedand adapted to receive screws or other fastening means whereby the platemay be attached to the casing of a window. Said plate is longitudinallyslotted, as at B, and O designates a bracket-arm having a concaved shankportion 0'', which is apertured to receive a fastening-screw D, which isadapted to pass through the elongated slot in the plate and to receive athreaded nut E, held against the reverse side of the plate. Saidbracket-arm has an aperture near its free end adapted to receive thepintle of a shade-roller, and by reason of the elongated slot in theplate said bracket-arm may be held at different locations, adapting thesame for holding shade sticks or rollers of different lengths.

Integral with one of the longitudinal edges of said plate is a lug Gr,having two apertures G therein, and K designates a pole-supportingbracket-arm made of a single piece of wire which is bent upon itself,forming a loop N, which is at right angles to the two arms, one of whichforms a pole-supporting hook, which is designated by letter M, while theother, M, is flexible and is adapted to be held yieldingly against apole resting on said hooked arm. A loop R is mounted to have a play uponsaid arms and as it is pushed toward the ends of said arms is adapted toforce the spring against the pole to hold the same securely in place. Aplate T, having one of its edges curved, is placed against the loopportion of said bracket-arm, which is bent upon itself, and screws T arepassed through said plate and through said loop of the bracket member,the latter having first been placed against the integral lug G,projecting from the edge of the plate, said screws also passing throughregistering apertures in the lug G and engaged by nuts, which when theyare screwed against said lug will securely hold the pole-supportingbracket-arm to said plate. By this apparatus it will be observed thatwhen the plate is once secured to the frame of a window adjustable meansis provided at all times for the reception of a curtain-shade and alsofor the curtain-pole and is adapted for the reception of various lengthsof shades and curtain-poles without marring the casing, which isfrequently the case where ordinary bracket-arms are fastened indifferent positions about the casing to receive different lengths ofpoles and shades. 4

While I have shown a particular detailed construction of the deviceillustrating my improved shade and curtain-pole hanger, it will beunderstood that I may make alterations as to details, if founddesirable, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A curtain shade and pole holder comprising a metallic plate having anelongated slot adapted to be fastened to a Window-casing, an integralapertured lug projecting from said plate, a pole-supporting bracketcomprising a wire bent upon itself forming a loop, an apertured plate incontact with the loop, screws passing through registering apertures insaid plate and lug, and loop of said polesnpporting bracket, whereby abracket may be clamped to the plate, one of the arms of said bracketbeing flexible, and a loop adapted to hold the adjustable arm inclamping relation with a pole supported byone of the arms of saidbracket, as set forth.

2. In combination with the slotted plate adapted for attachment to thecasing of a window, integral lugs projecting from said plate andprovided with apertures, a polesnpporting bracket-arm comprising a pieceof flexible wire bent upon itself forming a loop, one of the arms ofsaid bracket member bent to form a hook for supporting a pole, the otherarm being flexible, and a sliding loop mounted upon said arms andadapted to hold the same in clamping relation against the curtain-pole,a plate, and means cooperating with screws for clamping said loop of thepole-supporting bracket against said apertured lug, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MAURICE DONALD POWERS.

WVitnesses:

JOHN H. PIERCE, HARRY W. REED.

